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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Should Obamacare be kept or repealed? — Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans want to keep the federal health care law as is, or make some changes to improve it, according to a new national poll. — But a CNN/ORC International survey released Sunday also indicates public attitudes …
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Biden takes shot at Clintons in SC — Vice President Joe Biden gave a closed-door speech Friday to South Carolina Democrats that included a shot at the Clintons. — Biden, a potential 2016 candidate, said the unraveling of middle-class financial security began in “the later years …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Biden delivers ‘Elizabeth Warren-type speech’ at fundraiser — Washington (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden appeared at a closed-door fundraiser in South Carolina Friday and delivered what one attendee called “an Elizabeth Warren-type speech” about the struggles of America's middle class …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Why Lois Lerner Should Be Granted Immunity — In this week's episode of the Capitol Hill soap opera, Lois Lerner, the apparatchik at the center of the IRS jihad against conservative groups, was at long, long last held in contempt of Congress. Amid the farce, the House's IRS probe is floundering.
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
GOP will start Benghazi probe without Dems after Nancy Pelosi rejects committee rules
GOP will start Benghazi probe without Dems after Nancy Pelosi rejects committee rules
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Speaker Boehner stacks special Benghazi committee with lawyers
Speaker Boehner stacks special Benghazi committee with lawyers
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The PJ Tatler
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Wis. prosecutors abuse the law for partisan ends — U.S. District Judge Rudolph T. Randa, revolted by the police-state arrogance of some elected prosecutors, has stopped a partisan abuse of law enforcement that was masquerading as political hygiene. Last Tuesday, Randa halted the corruption …
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ThinkProgress:
Saturday's Illegal Cliven Bundy-Endorsed ATV Rally Runs Through Sacred American Indian Sites — Matt Lee-Ashley is a Senior Fellow with the Public Lands Project at the Center for American Progress. — This Aug. 11, 2009 photo shows a restored cliff dwelling south of Blanding, Utah.
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Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
BringBackOurBalls — It is hard not to have total contempt for a political culture that thinks the picture at right is a useful contribution to rescuing 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by jihadist savages in Nigeria. Yet some pajama boy at the White House evidently felt getting the First Lady …
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
WHITE HOUSE TO FOCUS ON ROAD, BRIDGE REPAIR — You are here — Home » United States government » White House to focus on road, bridge repair — WASHINGTON (AP) — With time running out, the White House was preparing to press Congress next week to keep money flowing …
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CNN:
Obama congratulates Michael Sam, first openly gay player drafted by NFL — (CNN) — President Barack Obama congratulated Michael Sam on Saturday for being the first openly gay football player taken in the National Football League draft, the White House said in a statement.
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Ellen Weinstein / Wall Street Journal:
How to Trick the Guilty and Gullible into Revealing Themselves — It starts with a basic understanding of game theory and incentives — King Solomon built the First Temple in Jerusalem and was known throughout the land for his wisdom. — David Lee Roth fronted the rock band Van Halen …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Republicans Tighten Grip on Debates in 2016 Race — MEMPHIS — The Republican National Committee moved Friday to seize control of the presidential primary debates in 2016, another step in a coordinated effort by the party establishment to reshape the nominating process.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
GOP leaders reconsider Rand Paul
GOP leaders reconsider Rand Paul
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Richard Benedetto / USA Today:
Who will be Benghazi truth-seeker? — Democrats' need a Howard Baker to put truth over partisanship. — SHARE11 — Where is the Democrats' Howard Baker? Where is the courageous member of President Obama's party willing to stand up and ask, “What did the president know, and when did he know it?”
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
One year later, Republicans put IRS probe on the backburner
One year later, Republicans put IRS probe on the backburner
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz, the reckless accuser — Sen. Ted Cruz, in a speech to fellow conservatives at the Federalist Society this week, provided detailed evidence of what the right calls the “lawlessness” of the Obama administration. — The Texas Republican, in his latest McCarthyesque flourish …
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